Chinese culure 之 Calligraphy

Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout China to this day. Although it uses Chinese words as its vehicle of expression, one does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Because in essence, Calligraphy is an abstract art. While viewing a Western abstract painting, one does not ask, "What is it?" When viewing Chinese calligraphy, one need not ask, "What is the Chinese word?"

In this thread, we selected single words from the works of many master calligraphers from the past to illustrate the astounding beauty of the art. Like all art, it is best to simply look at them for enjoyment. Do not be sidetracked with questions of theory, technique, etc. Do not worry about "What is it?"

Because most readers here are foreigners,so I just give brief descriptions of the culture relics,so as to give you a general impression,and if you know what Chinese Calligraphy in your heart in your heart,and if you can distinguish Chinese culture from other culture,then my efforts are not in vain.

The Chinese (Mandarin?) script seems incredibly difficult to master. Every letter seems to be like a complicated symbol compared to the English alphabet. Quite like Indian languages......

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Maybe,and as a foreigner it maybe even harder,but to Chinese ,we grow up in such atmosphere,and the Chinese culture has already been in our genes,blowing in our blood.
If you want to learn it,come on,it is very interesting ,and you can benefit a lot from them.

汉代的书法有两大系统，一是碑刻文字，一是简牍墨迹，它们都是在纸未发明以前或未大量使用以前的书籍文献。
(the art of Calligraphy in han dynasty can divided into two categories,one is stone inscription ,the other is bamboo slips or tablets ,they all documents before paper was invented or be widely used)